The CDC recently changed its methodology. While the definitions remain the same, cell phone surveys are now used and the data is weighted differently to calculate the obesity rate. Agency officials told Governing 2011 data is not comparable to prior years.

Obesity Prevalence (%)

< 24%

< 28%

< 32%

32%+

2010 Data for Metro Areas

The CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System measures obesity and other health factors. The table below shows 2010 obesity rate estimates for each geographic region surveyed, most of which are metro areas. Click here for a complete list of communities included in the 2010 survey, along with specific counties comprising each area. Please note that these obesity rates are not comparable to 2011 estimates because the methodology has changed.

Area

Healthy Weight

Overweight

Obese

No Physical Activity

Atlantic City-NJ Metro Area

30.7%

42.5%

26.8%

27.8%

Austin-Round Rock-TX Metro Area

35.9%

37.1%

27.0%

19.3%

Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick-MD Metro Division

42.8%

37.3%

19.9%

17.3%

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda-NY Metro Area

37.9%

37.5%

24.7%

23.9%

Charleston-North Charleston-SC Metro Area

34.7%

36.4%

29.0%

25.4%

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord-NC-SC Metro Area

37.0%

35.0%

28.0%

22.6%

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet-IL-IN-WI Metro Area

38.8%

34.2%

27.0%

23.3%

Coeur d´Alene-ID Metro Area

35.5%

39.8%

24.7%

18.8%

Denver-Aurora-CO Metro Area

43.0%

37.4%

19.6%

16.2%

Durham-NC Metro Area

41.1%

32.4%

26.6%

22.0%

Edison-NJ Metro Division

38.5%

37.4%

24.2%

26.0%

Greenville-SC Metro Area

32.1%

33.9%

34.0%

26.5%

Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir-NC Metro Area

33.4%

41.7%

25.0%

30.2%

Kennewick-Richland-Pasco-WA Metro Area

33.4%

35.1%

31.5%

24.2%

Key West-Marathon-FL Micropolitan Area

46.0%

37.1%

16.9%

16.9%

Kingsport-Bristol-TN-VA Metro Area

29.9%

33.4%

36.7%

37.6%

Little Rock-North Little Rock-AR Metro Area

29.3%

36.0%

34.6%

23.8%

Louisville-KY-IN Metro Area

33.7%

35.1%

31.2%

25.2%

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach-FL Metro Area

34.2%

37.5%

28.3%

24.1%

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach-SC Metro Area

32.2%

41.2%

26.6%

22.7%

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro-TN Metro Area

37.8%

37.4%

24.7%

26.7%

New Haven-Milford-CT Metro Area

38.8%

34.9%

26.2%

22.1%

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner-LA Metro Area

30.1%

37.2%

32.6%

26.9%

New York-White Plains-Wayne-NY-NJ Metro Division

40.5%

37.6%

21.9%

24.6%

Newark-Union-NJ-PA Metro Division

38.2%

37.9%

23.9%

26.1%

Orlando-Kissimmee-FL Metro Area

34.3%

37.4%

28.3%

25.3%

Panama City-Lynn Haven-FL Metro Area

34.1%

37.9%

28.0%

23.9%

Peabody-MA

41.0%

36.7%

22.3%

19.6%

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale-AZ Metro Area

36.0%

41.1%

22.8%

18.5%

Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce-FL Metro Area

35.5%

36.5%

28.0%

22.1%

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford-ME Metro Area

37.6%

38.6%

23.9%

17.9%

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton-OR-WA Metro Area

40.3%

33.7%

26.0%

15.8%

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville-CA Metro Area

40.9%

35.1%

24.0%

15.3%

Salt Lake City-UT Metro Area

41.8%

34.6%

23.6%

18.3%

San Antonio-TX Metro Area

36.7%

33.5%

29.8%

26.5%

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos-CA Metro Area

41.2%

32.8%

26.1%

19.0%

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont-CA Metro Area

44.8%

36.9%

18.2%

17.4%

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara-CA Metro Area

39.7%

39.1%

21.2%

17.0%

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine-CA Metro Division

43.1%

36.3%

20.7%

21.1%

Santa Fe-NM Metro Area

46.3%

32.9%

20.8%

17.9%

Scottsbluff-NE Micropolitan Area

27.9%

39.1%

33.0%

27.5%

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-PA Metro Area

35.9%

35.7%

28.4%

32.8%

Seaford-DE Micropolitan Area

30.5%

37.7%

31.8%

25.8%

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett-WA Metro Division

42.3%

34.9%

22.8%

16.6%

Sebring-FL Micropolitan Area

35.5%

35.0%

29.4%

28.9%

Shreveport-Bossier City-LA Metro Area

33.2%

36.3%

30.4%

34.1%

Sioux City-IA-NE-SD Metro Area

32.6%

35.7%

31.7%

28.2%

Sioux Falls-SD Metro Area

33.3%

39.9%

26.8%

21.4%

Spokane-WA Metro Area

35.9%

39.7%

24.5%

18.3%

Springfield-MA Metro Area

41.2%

35.0%

23.8%

20.5%

St. Louis-MO-IL Metro Area

36.2%

33.9%

29.8%

25.5%

Wichita Falls-TX Metro Area

32.9%

39.2%

27.9%

28.6%

Wichita-KS Metro Area

38.5%

34.4%

27.1%

22.6%

Akron-OH Metro Area

38.2%

32.5%

29.3%

22.6%

Albuquerque-NM Metro Area

43.3%

34.9%

21.7%

18.0%

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton-PA-NJ Metro Area

37.5%

33.5%

29.0%

26.1%

Amarillo-TX Metro Area

35.0%

36.3%

28.7%

24.1%

Arcadia-FL Micropolitan Area

32.2%

33.7%

34.1%

35.1%

Asheville-NC Metro Area

37.3%

35.2%

27.5%

22.2%

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta-GA Metro Area

37.4%

33.9%

28.7%

22.1%

Augusta-Richmond County-GA-SC Metro Area

31.1%

36.8%

32.1%

25.9%

Augusta-Waterville-ME Micropolitan Area

37.1%

33.4%

29.4%

22.3%

Baltimore-Towson-MD Metro Area

33.5%

38.4%

28.0%

24.0%

Bangor-ME Metro Area

31.1%

35.4%

33.5%

24.1%

Barre-VT Micropolitan Area

41.2%

36.9%

21.8%

16.1%

Baton Rouge-LA Metro Area

35.4%

32.2%

32.5%

25.7%

Billings-MT Metro Area

35.4%

37.4%

27.2%

24.0%

Birmingham-Hoover-AL Metro Area

33.7%

37.0%

29.3%

29.2%

Bismarck-ND Metro Area

39.4%

36.1%

24.5%

19.4%

Boise City-Nampa-ID Metro Area

38.0%

36.6%

25.3%

16.6%

Boston-Quincy-MA Metro Division

43.2%

34.8%

22.0%

21.5%

Bremerton-Silverdale-WA Metro Area

34.9%

36.3%

28.8%

15.3%

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-CT Metro Area

45.6%

37.8%

16.6%

18.8%

Burlington-South Burlington-VT Metro Area

42.3%

36.0%

21.7%

13.6%

Cambridge-Newton-Framingham-MA Metro Division

44.2%

35.2%

20.7%

17.3%

Camden-NJ Metro Division

34.7%

35.8%

29.5%

27.2%

Canton-Massillon-OH Metro Area

35.4%

36.3%

28.3%

26.6%

Cape Coral-Fort Myers-FL Metro Area

40.0%

34.2%

25.8%

27.9%

Casper-WY Metro Area

34.7%

37.7%

27.6%

23.2%

Cedar Rapids-IA Metro Area

41.1%

33.5%

25.4%

25.5%

Charleston-WV Metro Area

30.5%

37.3%

32.3%

31.4%

Chattanooga-TN-GA Metro Area

30.9%

38.6%

30.4%

32.2%

Cheyenne-WY Metro Area

33.8%

39.2%

27.0%

23.1%

Cincinnati-Middletown-OH-KY-IN Metro Area

38.1%

34.4%

27.4%

25.4%

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor-OH Metro Area

34.4%

40.9%

24.7%

22.7%

Colorado Springs-CO Metro Area

38.6%

37.8%

23.6%

19.1%

Columbia-SC Metro Area

32.9%

36.1%

31.0%

27.7%

Columbus-OH Metro Area

34.5%

35.0%

30.5%

26.3%

Concord-NH Micropolitan Area

36.5%

40.9%

22.6%

16.9%

Dallas-Plano-Irving-TX Metro Division

36.4%

29.8%

33.8%

26.4%

Dayton-OH Metro Area

35.0%

35.3%

29.7%

25.2%

Del Rio-TX Micropolitan Area

25.8%

32.9%

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach-FL Metro Area

34.8%

38.0%

27.2%

23.7%

Des Moines-West Des Moines-IA Metro Area

35.1%

38.9%

26.0%

22.3%

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn-MI Metro Division

32.9%

34.0%

33.1%

28.3%

Dover-DE Metro Area

29.4%

38.8%

31.9%

30.4%

El Paso-TX Metro Area

30.2%

41.1%

28.6%

28.5%

Eugene-Springfield-OR Metro Area

39.9%

30.1%

30.0%

18.2%

Evansville-IN-KY Metro Area

37.0%

33.7%

29.3%

27.7%

Fargo-ND-MN Metro Area

37.8%

36.8%

25.4%

26.6%

Farmington-NM Metro Area

35.0%

31.4%

33.7%

22.9%

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers-AR-MO Metro Area

38.5%

37.1%

24.4%

26.2%

Fort Collins-Loveland-CO Metro Area

50.2%

28.5%

21.3%

13.1%

Fort Wayne-IN Metro Area

30.9%

36.0%

33.2%

23.4%

Fort Worth-Arlington-TX Metro Division

30.3%

34.4%

35.3%

24.0%

Gainesville-FL Metro Area

43.8%

36.0%

20.1%

19.1%

Grand Island-NE Micropolitan Area

31.2%

39.9%

29.0%

26.2%

Grand Rapids-Wyoming-MI Metro Area

34.8%

38.7%

26.6%

19.3%

Greensboro-High Point-NC Metro Area

32.7%

38.6%

28.7%

23.4%

Hagerstown-Martinsburg-MD-WV Metro Area

34.3%

33.6%

32.1%

27.7%

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford-CT Metro Area

38.0%

37.9%

24.2%

19.5%

Hastings-NE Micropolitan Area

33.4%

35.8%

30.8%

26.0%

Helena-MT Micropolitan Area

39.3%

39.6%

21.1%

18.4%

Hilo-HI Micropolitan Area

39.4%

33.9%

26.8%

19.2%

Hilton Head Island-Beaufort-SC Micropolitan Area

40.2%

37.5%

22.4%

19.0%

Homosassa Springs-FL Micropolitan Area

38.3%

38.0%

23.7%

22.7%

Honolulu-HI Metro Area

43.9%

34.2%

21.9%

19.7%

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown-TX Metro Area

36.9%

34.0%

29.1%

23.6%

Huntington-Ashland-WV-KY-OH Metro Area

30.6%

35.8%

33.5%

30.2%

Idaho Falls-ID Metro Area

35.9%

35.8%

28.3%

19.4%

Indianapolis-Carmel-IN Metro Area

36.2%

35.7%

28.2%

23.5%

Jackson-MS Metro Area

33.3%

33.5%

33.3%

31.5%

Jacksonville-FL Metro Area

38.6%

35.4%

26.0%

27.9%

Kahului-Wailuku-HI Micropolitan Area

37.1%

35.9%

27.0%

16.4%

Kalispell-MT Micropolitan Area

40.5%

41.2%

18.3%

20.4%

Kansas City-MO-KS Metro Area

34.5%

36.0%

29.5%

23.0%

Kapaa-HI Micropolitan Area

44.5%

31.8%

23.7%

16.5%

Knoxville-TN Metro Area

35.4%

34.1%

30.5%

29.1%

Lake City-FL Micropolitan Area

29.7%

39.1%

31.2%

28.0%

Lakeland-Winter Haven-FL Metro Area

29.0%

33.0%

37.9%

26.0%

Laredo-TX Metro Area

29.1%

37.6%

33.3%

34.2%

Las Cruces-NM Metro Area

32.0%

37.2%

30.8%

24.5%

Las Vegas-Paradise-NV Metro Area

39.6%

37.3%

23.1%

23.7%

Lebanon-NH-VT Micropolitan Area

40.2%

34.6%

25.2%

19.6%

Lewiston-ID-WA Metro Area

35.0%

38.3%

26.7%

22.3%

Lewiston-Auburn-ME Metro Area

38.2%

34.9%

26.9%

24.3%

Lincoln-NE Metro Area

37.4%

32.5%

30.1%

18.2%

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale-CA Metro Division

37.5%

38.2%

24.3%

20.8%

Lubbock-TX Metro Area

35.3%

32.5%

32.2%

30.7%

Manchester-Nashua-NH Metro Area

39.7%

35.8%

24.5%

18.7%

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission-TX Metro Area

30.8%

35.8%

33.3%

36.0%

Memphis-TN-MS-AR Metro Area

28.9%

35.3%

35.8%

26.1%

Midland-TX Metro Area

38.5%

37.6%

23.9%

33.3%

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis-WI Metro Area

39.1%

35.0%

26.0%

24.4%

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington-MN-WI Metro Area

38.4%

36.7%

24.9%

17.1%

Minot-ND Micropolitan Area

30.8%

40.4%

28.9%

26.5%

Mobile-AL Metro Area

32.8%

33.6%

33.6%

30.3%

Naples-Marco Island-FL Metro Area

40.8%

36.4%

22.9%

13.6%

Nassau-Suffolk-NY Metro Division

41.3%

36.8%

21.9%

22.7%

Norfolk-NE Micropolitan Area

29.0%

38.4%

32.5%

28.3%

North Platte-NE Micropolitan Area

33.2%

34.6%

32.2%

28.8%

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota-FL Metro Area

41.9%

36.4%

21.6%

21.6%

Ocala-FL Metro Area

32.5%

33.7%

33.8%

28.8%

Ocean City-NJ Metro Area

37.0%

37.6%

25.4%

24.9%

Ogden-Clearfield-UT Metro Area

39.6%

34.2%

26.2%

16.5%

Oklahoma City-OK Metro Area

35.1%

34.8%

30.1%

28.5%

Olympia-WA Metro Area

41.5%

33.7%

24.8%

15.2%

Omaha-Council Bluffs-NE-IA Metro Area

37.0%

37.2%

25.8%

23.7%

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville-FL Metro Area

31.4%

37.4%

31.3%

26.4%

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent-FL Metro Area

35.5%

35.0%

29.6%

25.5%

Philadelphia-PA Metro Division

39.9%

35.7%

24.4%

24.2%

Pittsburgh-PA Metro Area

35.0%

35.7%

29.3%

23.6%

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River-RI-MA Metro Area

35.7%

37.9%

26.4%

24.3%

Provo-Orem-UT Metro Area

44.3%

33.9%

21.8%

16.2%

Raleigh-Cary-NC Metro Area

37.1%

36.0%

27.0%

20.4%

Rapid City-SD Metro Area

32.3%

42.2%

25.5%

24.4%

Reno-Sparks-NV Metro Area

42.5%

36.8%

20.7%

19.1%

Richmond-VA Metro Area

32.8%

41.1%

26.1%

26.2%

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario-CA Metro Area

35.1%

36.4%

28.5%

23.6%

Rochester-NY Metro Area

37.4%

34.5%

28.1%

19.0%

Rockingham County-Strafford County-NH Metro Division

37.1%

36.1%

26.8%

19.5%

Rutland-VT Micropolitan Area

36.2%

33.3%

30.5%

22.6%

Tacoma-WA Metro Division

32.3%

36.5%

31.2%

19.6%

Tallahassee-FL Metro Area

33.6%

39.9%

26.5%

22.1%

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater-FL Metro Area

35.5%

38.2%

26.3%

22.1%

Toledo-OH Metro Area

31.1%

38.6%

30.3%

24.7%

Topeka-KS Metro Area

28.9%

35.0%

36.1%

22.3%

Trenton-Ewing-NJ Metro Area

43.3%

33.6%

23.1%

24.8%

Tucson-AZ Metro Area

41.6%

31.8%

26.6%

20.3%

Tulsa-OK Metro Area

33.6%

36.3%

30.1%

29.2%

Tuscaloosa-AL Metro Area

30.8%

38.0%

31.2%

31.0%

Twin Falls-ID Micropolitan Area

35.7%

33.2%

31.1%

25.4%

Tyler-TX Metro Area

39.5%

35.2%

25.3%

26.0%

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News-VA-NC Metro Area

37.8%

32.0%

30.3%

22.8%

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills-MI Metro Division

34.4%

35.2%

30.4%

19.4%

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria-DC-VA-MD-WV Metro

37.8%

37.0%

25.2%

19.3%

Wauchula-FL Micropolitan Area

17.6%

40.6%

41.8%

27.2%

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach Metro Division

39.9%

40.1%

20.0%

22.6%

Wilmington-DE-MD-NJ Metro Division

35.5%

34.2%

30.4%

23.5%

Worcester-MA Metro Area

39.1%

35.8%

25.2%

19.0%

Yakima-WA Metro Area

31.6%

37.0%

31.4%

25.1%

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman-OH-PA Metro Area

29.7%

35.5%

34.8%

26.4%

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